I am currently a Shift Engineer at ERCOT.

Work Experience

• Electric Reliability Coucil of Texas (Austin, Texas)
  • Present, Shift Engineer.
  • 2021, EDP Engineer.
  • 2020, Operations Analysis Intern.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) 2018-2020 Graduate Research Assistant.
• Pan American Energy (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2018, Renewable Energy Intern.
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) 2017, Undergraduate Research Assistant.

You can find my full resume here.

Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute May 2020 (Troy, New York), Masters of Science: Electrical Engineering.
• The University of Texas at Austin May 2018 (Austin, Texas), Bachelors of Science: Electrical Engineering.

Teaching

• Dominion Energy, Introduction to Power Systems Modeling and Simulation using the Modelica Language - Richmond, Virginia.
• McMaster University , Introduction to Modeling and Simulation using the Modelica Language - Ontario, Canada.

Licenses & Certifications

• NERC Reliability Coordinator System Operator.
• NCEES Engineer in Training.

Publications

• “Over Current Relay Modeling using Modelica with Cross-Verification against a Validated Model” presented at the Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems in Montreal Canada April 2019. paper video
• “Performance Benchmark of Modelica Time-Domain Power System Automated Simulation using Python” co-author presented at the Virtual American Modelica Conference September 2020. paper video
• “Ancillary Service Requirements Analysis with Increasing Solar Generation in the ERCOT Interconnection” presented at the IEEE General Meeting in Washington DC July 2021. paper video
• Version [OpenIPSL 2.0.0] - [iTesla Power Systems Library (iPSL): A Modelica library for phasor time-domain simulations] co-author submitted to SoftwareX, 2022.
• Template-Based Model Transformation Between Proprietary Tools and Modelica: Increasing Portability of Power System Models co-author prepared for Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2022.
• Template-Based Model Transformation Tool for Modelica-based Power System Representations co-author, in preparation for SoftwareX.

Presentations & Posters

• “Overcurrent Relay Modeling Using Modelica with Cross-Verification Against a Validated Model” presented at Future Energy Systems Technology Conference in Troy, New York March 2019. slides
• “Intoduction to Modelica”. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2020. video
• “The Open Instance Power System Library (OpenIPSL): A Modelica Library for Phasor Time-Domain Simulations”. User Presentation. Virtual American Modelica Conference, September 2020. video
• “Model Transformation for High Performing Smart Grid Applications” presented at the NY-BEST Conference, December 2020. video
• “Curso GridCal”. IEEE PES España, October 2021. website
• “Model Transformation for Smart Grid Applications” 16th MODPROD Workshop on Model-Based Cyber-Physical Product Development, February 2022. slides

Note: all of the files presented here are author’s copies.

Projects

You can find out what I am working on, in my GitHub page.

• Programming Languages:
  • C.
  • C++.
  • C#.
  • Modelica.
  • Python.
  • SQL.
  • Latex.
  • Markdown.
  • Visual Basic.
• Power Systems Tools:
  • PSS/E.
  • PowerWorld.
  • Modelica.
  • ASPEN.
  • General Electric Energy Management System (EMS).
• Software Tools:
  • Open Modelica.
  • Dymola.
  • MatLab.
  • Octave.
  • Simulink.
  • Git.
  • Docker.
  • Travis-CI.
  • GitHub.
  • BitBucket.
  • UPLAN Altos.
  • Bash.
  • AutoCAD.

Contact

• LinkedIn
• email: manuelnavarrocatalan[at]gmail[dot]com